XOM - Jamie Raskin Slams Big Oil For 'Lying' About Climate Change: 'They Acted Like Maleficent...And Cursed Everyone To Try To Go To Sleep For 100 Years' | Benzinga
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has taken a stand against the petroleum industry’s "pattern of lying and evasion," accusing it of long-term deception regarding climate change. Raskin argues that this alleged deceit has significantly hindered the nation’s progress in tackling the climate crisis.
What Happened: Raskin voiced his concerns during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday, HuffPost reported. This followed the unveiling of a 65-page report by the committee and the House Oversight Committee, a culmination of a three-year investigation into the petroleum industry’s alleged evasion of climate change responsibility.
"Instead of acting like Paul Revere and sounding the alarm about climate change, they acted like Maleficent the evil fairy and Sleeping Beauty and cursed everyone to try to go to sleep for 100 years," Raskin said.
He referred to a 2019 House Oversight hearing where experts testified that oil and gas companies knew as early as 1959 that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change.
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